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It is time again for another edition of Costco Food Finds. This month’s post is going to be Sweet! and Spicy! I am going to talk about a few sweet items from the produce department. We are going to talk spicey as well including some foods with spices in them, and a quick lesson on […]

If a certain old saying is true, I should never have to go to the doctor’s in the fall. I eat a lot of apples. Not only do I eat a lot of apples, I eat a lot of varieties of apples. How many? Well I decided to keep track of that here on the […]

I would say we are coming upon a grape time of year. It’s that time when everyone’s favorite grape growers (at least they need to be everyone’s favorite) the Grapery begins their harvest season. I got the latest and greatest news on what the season will look like this year directly from the horse’s mouth. […]

Are you an ingredient list reader? If so, do you understand what you are reading all the time? I try to do my best to read ingredients but I don’t always I understand what I am reading. For example I have seen potassium lactate, on an ingredient list before. Sounds like a dairy ingredient (below you […]

When something works on a food blog, the writer is bound to go to the well again. My What is the Difference Between Cuties and Halos post has been my most popular post during the winter months ever since I wrote it. I have been thrilled to inform people what these fruits really are with […]

No one likes to be disappointed. It’s not a fun feeling. Sadly in our modern grocery store, it’s an experience that happen way too often. This bring us to today’s question – why do you go to the grocery store, pick out what look like delicious oranges, only to take them home and find that […]

It’s officially of week of Christmas. And if you are still shopping for what you might cook on the big day, then I have all you need to know – well maybe not everything, but at least all you need to know about buying beef at Sam’s Club. At the end of this post I […]

Want to pick up your leg of pork for Christmas at Costco? Ham that famous salt, smoked, and cured pork leg is available at your local Costco. I am going to give you the insight scoop on which ham you should buy for holiday dinner table. The selection and prices are taken from the Ann […]

There is no doubt, I am serious fruit lover – who has no problem reaching my goverment recomneded daily dose of fruit. Even so, I am not a fan of all fruit. I never gotten into kiwi. No it’s not the fuzz on the outside that rubs me on the wrong way – it’s the […]

Time to bring out the bucket list and make some check marks. Visit the Santa Monica Pier. Check. Eat a mandarin/tangerine/orange directly off a tree. Check. Visit Ojai and eat a Pixie tangerine right off the tree. Big bold red check! My wife’s friend didn’t realize how important fruit was to me, that eating a […]